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Mike Bowles
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Princeton, West Virginia, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2009 2:10 pm |
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how do you break yourself from picking up your fingers from behind the bar as this causes string rattle thanks for any help
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 3 Jul 2009 8:06 am It's only a suggestion...................
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| Try to 'smack' the knuckles of the offending left hand......perhaps with a wooden ruler.....each time they lift off the strings. Just a tho't. |
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Whip Lashaway
From:
Monterey, Tenn, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2009 12:56 pm
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Mike, I would suggest you concentrate on "holding the bar". It should not be just resting on the strings. You should be holding it and in control of it at all times. If you're doing that I think you'll find that your fingers will stay on the strings till you don't want them on the strings. Good luck and God Bless. Whip
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Jim Bates
From:
Alvin, Texas, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2009 6:58 pm
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I agree with Whip. Later on you can lift your fingers for different effects, which do regularly and unconsciously.
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Mike Bowles
From:
Princeton, West Virginia, USA
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Posted 4 Jul 2009 5:46 am left hand
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thanks guys i guess i need to work a little harder on bar control and things like that
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 9 Jul 2009 5:17 pm
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I seem to have the opposite problem. I tend to rest my left-hand palm on the strings behind the bar to prevent overtones and unwanted notes when I jump from one position to another. I guess it comes from having played the Dobro for 45 years.  |
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Mike Bowles
From:
Princeton, West Virginia, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2009 7:35 pm left hand
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thanks guys have not been on much this week been real busy getting the mountain man music barn ready to reopen been closed for a little bit due to my good friends death helping his widow with updates now all i have to do is cross the street to play
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